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CONSUMERISM
Definition of CONSUMERISM
noun
A materialistic attachment to possessions with a heavy use of consumables; a lifestyle based on such tendencies.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From consumer + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONSUMERISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONSUMERISM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEIMMNORSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and M appear more than once.
Words that start CONSUME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONSUMERISM?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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